The Places · China
Shanghai
Made By profiles 34 places in Shanghai, spanning bar, chinese, hotel — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Modern Seasonal Vegetarian Fine Dining
Fu He Hui
Shanghai, China
Fu He Hui makes Shanghai's plant-led fine dining feel serious rather than corrective: vegetables, fungi, grains and tea carry the meal instead of imitating meat. Its recognition across Michelin, Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining and Asia's 50 Best places it in the city's luxury dining conversation, but its discipline belongs to a narrower vegetarian lineage.
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02.Modern Fujianese Fine Dining
Meet the Bund
Shanghai, China
Meet the Bund places Fujian cooking inside Shanghai’s premium dining conversation, with Chen Zhiping leading a kitchen known for province-specific technique rather than generic coastal luxury. Recognition from Black Pearl, Michelin Plate, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining and Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants gives it unusual critical density for a Fujian address in Shanghai.
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03.Modern European with Asian Influences
Taian Table
Shanghai, China
Taian Table holds three Michelin stars in 2024 and 2025, a Black Pearl Diamond, and a place on La Liste's global ranking with 91.5 points, making it one of Shanghai's most decorated fine-dining addresses. Chef Christiaan Stoop's Modern European tasting menu format occupies a quiet residential lane in Changning, a location that underscores the restaurant's deliberately understated positioning within China's most competitive dining city.
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04.Modern Italian Fine Dining
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Shanghai)
Shanghai, China
Two Michelin stars and a Black Pearl 2 Diamond ranking place 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana among Shanghai's most credentialed Italian tables. Set in the historic Yuanmingyuan Road corridor of the Bund district, the restaurant holds a position within the city's premium European dining tier that few Italian addresses on the mainland match. Ranked #146 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2025, it draws a clientele that treats pasta as seriously as it treats wine.
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05.Avant-Garde French Multi-Sensory
Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet
Shanghai, China
Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet closed after its final table on March 29, 2025. The ten-seat secret-location Shanghai restaurant paired each course with synchronized light, sound, and scent, and held a consistent position in the World's 50 Best Restaurants across eight years of rankings, reaching #24 twice. It remains a landmark of Shanghai fine dining, but it is no longer taking reservations.
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06.Hotel
The PuLi Hotel and Spa
Shanghai, China
At the edge of Jing'an Park, The PuLi Hotel and Spa makes a case that Shanghai's next chapter in luxury is less about spectacle and more about stillness. With 229 rooms, a Michelin-recognised restaurant, a 25-metre indoor infinity pool, and a La Liste Top Hotels ranking of 92.5 points in 2026, the property sits in a specific niche: serious urban hotel, spa discipline, and a calm that the surrounding city rarely offers.
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07.Modern Chinese Fine Dining
Ling Long Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Ling Long Shanghai brings neo-Chinese cooking to Xujiahui's Raffles City, where Chef Jason Liu frames a season-driven menu in acts, each course merging classical Chinese technique with European finesse. A Michelin star (2024), Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), and La Liste recognition underline its position among Shanghai's contemporary Chinese tier. The format rewards patient, attentive dining rather than quick meals.
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08.Hotel
The Peninsula Shanghai
Shanghai, China
The only new-build hotel constructed on the Bund in over 70 years, The Peninsula Shanghai sits at No. 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road with direct views across the Huangpu River to Pudong. Recognized by Travel + Leisure as World's Best Business Hotel and earning 99.5 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking, its 235 rooms combine Art Deco architecture with some of the most technology-forward in-room systems in the city.
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09.Modern French Fine Dining
Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire
Shanghai, China
Set within a remodelled 1930s villa inside Capella Shanghai on Jianguo Road West, Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire holds a Michelin star and a Black Pearl Diamond, placing it among Xuhui's most serious French tables. The kitchen pairs classical French technique with Shanghainese inflections, while the vine-wrapped terrace and 20-seat bar extend the experience well beyond the dining room.
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10.Traditional Cantonese Banquet
102 House
Shanghai, China
Chef Xu Jingye's two-Michelin-starred 102 House Shanghai resurrects ancient Cantonese banquet traditions within The Bund's House of Roosevelt, where seasonal tasting menus and signature sweet and sour pork showcase nearly two decades of culinary mastery across just 40 intimate seats.
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11.Contemporary Italian Fine Dining
Da Vittorio Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Da Vittorio Shanghai carries two Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste ranking to the Bund Financial Center, where Italian technique meets the expectations of one of China's most demanding dining scenes. Under Chef Romuald Fassenet, the kitchen threads European classical precision through a menu that reads Chinese inflection without losing its Bergamo lineage. For milestone occasions on the Huangpu waterfront, few tables in the city carry comparable weight.
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12.Authentic Cantonese Dim Sum & Roasted Meats
Canton 8 (Huangpu)
Shanghai, China
Canton 8 holds two Michelin stars at a ¥¥ price point on the Bund, a combination that sits distinctly within Shanghai's Cantonese dining tier. Positioned on the fifth floor of Three on the Bund, it frames contemporary reinterpretations of classic Cantonese technique through chef Cody Ma, earning recognition from both the Michelin Guide and La Liste in 2025. Advance booking is advised.
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13.Classic Cantonese Fine Dining
T’ang Court (Shanghai)
Shanghai, China
T'ang Court in Shanghai's Huangpu district brings Cantonese tradition to a room that pairs understated main-hall dining with a corridor of private rooms. Ranked 217th among Asia's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the kitchen under Chef Tony Su bridges classical technique with Shanghainese touches, wok-fried prawns, shrimp-and-crab dumplings, served by staff whose professionalism is the dining room's most consistent credential.
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14.Two-Michelin-Starred Cantonese
Ji Pin Court
Shanghai, China
Ji Pin Court holds two Michelin stars in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among Shanghai's most decorated Cantonese addresses. Set on the second floor of the 1788 Plaza in Jing'an, it operates at the ¥¥¥ price tier, accessible relative to its award tier. La Liste scored it 76 points in 2026 and 79 in 2025, reflecting a kitchen that sustains rather than chases recognition.
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15.Chinese
Xin Rong Ji
Shanghai, China
Xin Rong Ji brings Taizhou cuisine to Chengdu at its highest tier, holding two Michelin stars, a Black Pearl Diamond, and a place at number 56 on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025. Under chef Ma Lin, the kitchen works within a seafood-forward tradition that sits in deliberate contrast to the city's dominant Sichuan register. The address is Pei Mansion Hotel on Nanyang Road in Jing'an, Shanghai.
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16.Haute Cantonese Fine Dining
Bao Li Xuan
Shanghai, China
Bao Li Xuan holds two Michelin stars and a Black Pearl Diamond at the Bvlgari Hotel's Chinese restaurant on Beijing Road East, Huangpu. Chef Bill Fu leads a Cantonese kitchen where hand-crafted dim sum and precision roasting define the format. La Liste places it among the top tier of mainland Chinese restaurants in 2025, with a 350-label wine list weighted toward Piedmont, Tuscany, and Champagne.
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17.Modern French with Asian Influences
Jean Georges
Shanghai, China
On the fourth floor of Three on the Bund, Jean Georges brings Jean-Georges Vongerichten's signature French cooking to Shanghai's most storied waterfront address. The kitchen pairs classical French technique with local ingredients, operating at the ¥¥¥¥ tier with Michelin Plate, Black Pearl Diamond, and AAA 5 Diamond recognition. Jacket required; reservations are strongly advised.
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18.Chinese
Yong Fu (Huangpu)
Shanghai, China
Yong Fu (Huangpu) gives Ningbo cooking a high-recognition Shanghai stage, with wild-caught seafood shipped daily from Ningbo and a kitchen led by Weng Yongjun. The draw is not novelty; it is the city’s long appetite for coastal Zhejiang flavors, handled with enough polish to earn La Liste 97 points for 2026 and Black Pearl 3 Diamond recognition in 2025.
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19.Bar
Speak Low
Shanghai, China
Speak Low has placed on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2016, reaching as high as #10 globally in 2017. Spread across three floors of a former French Concession shophouse on Fuxing Middle Road, it remains one of the most consistently recognised cocktail bars in Asia-Pacific, appearing on the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list and holding a 4.6 Google rating across 154 reviews.
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20.Cantonese
Yi Long Court
Shanghai, China
Housed on the second floor of The Peninsula Shanghai along the Bund, Yi Long Court delivers high-end Cantonese cooking in a space designed after a 1930s Shanghainese merchant's residence. Executive chef Tang Chi Keung anchors the menu in classical Cantonese technique, with a particular emphasis on seasonal seafood. A Michelin star (2024) and an OAD Top 300 Asia ranking confirm its standing among Shanghai's most serious Chinese dining rooms.
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21.Bar
Sober Company
Shanghai, China
Sober Company on Yandang Road ranked on Asia's 50 Best Bars from 2017-2022, returned to the extended Asia list at #92 in 2024 and #81 in 2025, and peaked at #5 in Asia and #39 globally in 2021. Located in Huangpu, it represents the serious, technically driven tier of Shanghai's cocktail scene, a bar that has sustained international recognition long enough to anchor conversations about where Chinese bartending stands on the global stage.
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22.Modern French Brasserie
Phénix
Shanghai, China
Phénix holds a Michelin star and Black Pearl Diamond on the Bund, where chef Ugo Rinaldo runs a French kitchen built around Chinese produce. The six-course Découverte and twelve-course Expérience menus chart the range from accessible introduction to full technical expression. Ranked among Asia's top restaurants by both Opinionated About Dining and La Liste, it occupies a defined tier within Shanghai's competitive fine-dining French scene.
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23.Reimagined Northern Italian with Modern Asian Influences
Sir Elly's
Shanghai, China
Positioned on the 13th floor of The Peninsula Shanghai, Sir Elly's frames Bund views through a 1920s art deco interior while delivering modern French-Asian cooking under Chef Charles-Benoit Lacour. The wine list runs to 420 selections and over 4,000 bottles, weighted toward France, Champagne, and Bordeaux. Michelin Plate recognition since 2024 and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings place it firmly in Shanghai's serious fine-dining tier.
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24.Modern Hangzhou and Jiangnan Cuisine
Yong Yi Ting
Shanghai, China
Ranked #228 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2024) and holding a Michelin star, Yong Yi Ting sits 21 feet underground in Lujiazui's Mandarin Oriental Pudong, where floor-to-ceiling glass opens onto a sunken patio and the kitchen delivers refined Jiangnan cooking rooted in Shanghainese and Jiangzhe tradition. It is one of Shanghai's clearest cases for what contemporary reinterpretation of a regional cuisine can achieve at fine-dining scale.
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25.Modern French Brasserie
Mr & Mrs Bund
Shanghai, China
On the sixth floor of Bund 18, Mr & Mrs Bund has anchored Paul Pairet's modernist French cooking to one of Shanghai's most charged addresses since 2009. A 2013 World's 50 Best ranking at number 43, a 2025 Michelin Plate, and a Black Pearl Diamond confirm its continued presence in the upper tier of the city's Western fine-dining bracket. The format is French contemporary with a sharp, opinionated point of view.
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26.French Bistro
Polux
Shanghai, China
Polux is Paul Pairet's casual French address in Shanghai's Xintiandi district, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand in both 2024 and 2025 and ranking among Opinionated About Dining's top casual restaurants in Asia. It occupies a more accessible price tier than Pairet's flagship Ultraviolet, making serious French cooking reachable at ¥¥ pricing. A 4.5 Google rating across 87 reviews reflects consistent execution rather than occasional brilliance.
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27.Classic French Bistro
Villa Le Bec - Bistro 321
Shanghai, China
On a leafy stretch of Xinhua Road in Changning, Villa Le Bec – Bistro 321 brings French bistro cooking to one of Shanghai's quieter residential corridors. Holding a Michelin Plate and Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025, and ranked #266 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list, it represents the more accessible end of chef Nicolas Le Bec's presence in the city, priced at ¥¥¥ and oriented around seasonal French technique rather than ceremony.
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28.Contemporary French Bistro
Cuivre
Shanghai, China
On Middle Huaihai Road in Shanghai's Xuhui District, Cuivre delivers French contemporary cooking at a mid-range price point that positions it well below the city's Michelin-starred French flagships. Chef Michael Wendling's kitchen has earned consecutive Michelin Plate recognition since 2024 and a rising Opinionated About Dining Asia ranking, making it a reference point for French dining outside the top-tier bracket.
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29.Modern Vegan Chinese
The Lakeside Veggie
Shanghai, China
Shanghai’s vegetarian dining has split between temple-rooted tradition and contemporary vegetable technique. The Lakeside Veggie belongs to the latter conversation, using a ¥¥ format and Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025 to signal value without turning the meal into luxury theatre. Chef Rosa’s kitchen is most interesting when simple produce is treated as material for texture, depth, and contrast rather than as a substitute for meat.
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30.Jiangxi (Gan) Cuisine
Wang Lu
Shanghai, China
Wang Lu, located in Shanghai's Minhang District, has earned consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among the city's most consistent value-driven Chinese kitchens. Under chef Jean-Luc Voegele, the restaurant draws an intriguing line between Western culinary training and Chinese culinary tradition, producing food that earns serious attention at a ¥¥ price point. A 4.6 Google rating across 221 reviews confirms its standing with a broad, returning audience.
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31.Traditional Shanghainese Dim Sum
Lu Bo Lang
Shanghai, China
Lu Bo Lang has held court in Shanghai's Huangpu district for decades, earning consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025 for its disciplined approach to Shanghainese cooking. The mid-range pricing and classical interior place it among the city's most accessible serious Chinese restaurants, drawing locals and visitors alike to a menu rooted in the region's braised, sweet-savory traditions. Chef Lu Yaming leads the kitchen.
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32.Wuxi Noodles
Jingmei Wuxi Noodles (Jingan)
Shanghai, China
A Bib Gourmand recipient in both 2024 and 2025, Jingmei Wuxi Noodles brings the braised-pork richness of Wuxi noodle tradition to Jingan's Hengfeng Road. The single-price-tier format keeps the proposition simple: a bowl that earns Michelin recognition without the reservation anxiety. For Shanghai's noodle circuit, it sits at the more affordable end of recognised quality.
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33.Mediterranean Fusion with Local Chinese Ingredients
Scilla
Shanghai, China
Scilla brings Mediterranean seafood cooking to Jing'An's upper dining tier, operating from within the Sukhothai Shanghai on Weihai Road. Chef Stefano Bacchelli, recognised with consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025, anchors the menu in the fish-centred traditions of the southern Italian and broader Mediterranean coast. At the ¥¥¥¥ price point, it occupies a distinct niche among Shanghai's European fine-dining addresses.
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34.Bar
The Odd Couple
Shanghai, China
Ranked #38 in Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2020, The Odd Couple operates out of Huangpu's Xintiandi-adjacent lane houses and holds a Google rating of 4.3. It occupies a distinct position in Shanghai's bar scene, closer to the specialist cocktail tier than the high-volume venues that dominate the city centre, with enough recognition to attract visitors making a deliberate detour.
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